The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

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out lo.o me State win doubles me-. -. y
progressive readers. and show 70 an - yssr
TACT thasFiorids b advancing Ia an ,hs - u
Of growth and prosperity. ~ caaaash
On Monday night, the l4,h 49,.
addressed meeting Of the co,or.s ~. cd
Jacksonville upoa The subjecs Of !. s'ssssa
school for the beneat Of their you,h .'.''id
number Of their best men and 80 AFr
present. and manifested deep ip,.,.. wee
enterprise. They had been appealed - . u
the money themselves With vb,ch = n's
sa''ao'e building on the large 10, uDos -. :
s'snds their public graded school buila,. 'a'ea
on the occasion Of the meeting reuor.s ~. 20
already given, the building erec,.a w sSW
Slater fund, through its agent, vim en,,- ~ u
make an annual contribution tov.,a =. v"sad
tenance and operation. This school |. s.' nam.
Tor the instruction Of youth 10 . koov,sasd
the use OF tools in the various trade. ,,s SO y
principles involved. Surely, good b.s,n.se ~
our State. and It 10 10 DO hoped tina, -. u
the public school system will be- ,o-.-.
end Nine-'en'hs Of the youth-chlldr.n ;, ~ =
poor masses-are obliged 10 leave scboo, :. ~
END OF the grammar course and take ,h.,. - -
In Inc ranks OF the toilers, and II equipped -.
ac9mmon school education and mi. t,o-, wa
OF tools. It will be readily seen hov v.,n'.'
population will b given to each .r,.s'.'
generation. The colored people are 70 !.
graduated upon this new enterprise s0'
On the next day, the 18th, af,er .r,,.,.,
the enforced Absence of Gov. Perry, / .dd,,....
the colored people assembled frem man, - !.
counties on the occasion Of the opening Of H..
nss State Fair. q very large and 49,. 49,
interested crowd being presen, ON ~:
occasion. I strove to impre.. az,
with the idea Of the vast n.,,o,.,
State Importance Of the farming inrere.,, -, ~
worth OF the grower and producer to The cou,,..
and noted the coincidence Of the iu.u,u,.,,.1
OF their industrial school on one dav ana =.
opening OF their agricultural exhibition :, -
next They have had fine exhibit. ..o.c,.u.
when II is remembered It IL their Ara, .s
They have won golden opinions among ,I.;.
friends.
Al $50 T. NJ. on the 18th, I left Jsct.o.,u.
for Lake Weir Chautauqua, to oil an am.
ment, but on arriving at Ocala learned ,h.,A
cause OF the breaking down OF the m.ch,n..-.,
their transfer steamer. the Management, had 4.
'ermned to close the exercises a, Lax. W..
and carry out their programme at Oc.l u.;,'
As an assembly room the open house . ,.,,.
beautiful hall. At this place had the 49,
and pleasure of addressing many of the te..h.,.
OF Marion county, many Of its citizens and v;.
tors, and about two hundred of ito children :,
the country's demand for an educated ~,
zenship." This movement on the part of nrou;
nent citizens of Ocals and Marion county .hoola
be sustained by the people Of the State IN.
location on the banks of Lake Weir is be.udfp
indeed, and large buildings are already preD.,,d
Tor full accommodation OF the visitor, tn.
time Of assembly can be 20 arranged, and doub,.
less will be 10 the future, a. not TO conflict viii
the assembly Of any kindred or like eu,eru,;,.
by which course each Of these may be a helu,o
the other. tie truth bey,nd cavil tina, ,bs.
Chautauqua meetings and assemblies are b..
coming national they are recognized a. uuiys
sal educators, bearing along in every s,ep The,
takea religious and refining influence. preuara,
and arranging regular course oil reading sud
home study, filling the mind with wholesou.
and useful knowledge, and leading it toward
GoD, thus supplsnting the aoxious and dsmulus
literature with which q yenal press IL pos
poisoning TIE minds of the populace, especial,
the young.
Returning from Ocala, had the sad uryiles,
Of going with the R E. Lee Camp of Couirde
rate Veterans, and the o. N. Mitchell Poss Of The
Grand Army Of the Republic, 10 81. Auguslipslo
take our places in the grand procession Of thoe
who had made the pilgrimage to do honor and
render the last tribute of respect to the illusroa
dead, Major General Won. W. Loring:
II was . grand tribute. The military can.
from all parts Of the State; even Pensacola iii.
uate in the far West, 400 miles distant, sen. her
gallant soldier boys Is pledge of the high a.
TEEN in which she held the honored but dead
soldier. "Ye Ancient Cite by ye Sea" nsvu
saw such day in all her history, nor was maa
ever accorded more spontaneous and Cheerful
honor than Gen. Loring received that day.
A striking incident Of the day was the march
ing Of Union and Confederate veterans arm IA
arm as they moved in solemn tread to the city
OF the dead, thus showing that with these trus
and gallant men ON either side the war is over
and buried in the dead past, and that they m
selzisg upon the opportunities arising fron .
stronger and more glorious union than that even
OF our fathers
what rebuke to the sectional politician Who
rants of hate and malice as be waves to the e.
cited imagination of the masses the bloody
snirt-an acquaintance with which article be b
marvelously innocent Of But now il Is writia
In letters of blood In the South, in the North. IN
the East, 10 the West: e 11n Ua,on-sste ~.
Pssao. Respectfully,
A. J. RUMKLL
AMI